One quickly realizes there is no safety net in this society when a loved one becomes terminally ill, and few people can even discuss the situation, let alone provide any support. Being a caregiver to a terminally ill family member is truly an existential experience, and our society needs to address this issue for the sick individual as well as the caregiver.

Until that happens, our society offers no support for those individuals who are terminally ill as well as the caregiver.